Cinema Quote by Lupita Nyong'o

I didn't know that '12 Years a Slave' was being filmed at the same time we were making 'The Retrieval.'

— Ashton Sanders

'12 Years A Slave' is a film that is beautifully shot, wonderfully acted, and told in a compelling manner. However, there are some questions,…

— Joe Morton

I didn't like '12 Years a Slave' because it was playing to the Spielbergian model of redemption.

— Hilton Als

'12 Years a Slave' was very powerful, very moving, and deserved all of the acclaim it did get.

— Glynn Turman

When '12 Years a Slave' got that much attention, everyone started to copy that. That story has to be told, but there are a…

— Louis Gossett, Jr

The story [in 12 Years a Slave] serves as a metaphor for the fear of having your family taken away, and for being abused…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

The idea of making a film - a film that I had certainly never seen before - about the slave experience was a huge…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Being a part of '12 Years a Slave' has been one of the most profound experiences of my life.

— Lupita Nyong'o

To have slaved so many years for nothing!

— Juvenal

Please remember that my great grandmother was a slave. My grandmother was a sharecropper. My mother was a factory worker.

— Afeni Shakur

Eleven years in films is a long time.

— Prithviraj Sukumaran

You look at the part in '12 Years A Slave,' you finish that script - I mean, it's a powerful story. You go, 'Man,…

— Paul Dano